Korg MiniKorg-700S

MiniKorg-700S

The MiniKorg-700S is an old and simple monophonic analog keyboard from
Korg. It is a dual-oscillator synth related to Korg's first monosynth,
the single oscillator MiniKorg-700. Most of the controls are located in
an odd place beneath the keyboard so as to make room above the keyboard
for a sheet-music stand. Some controls have bizarre names like Bender,
Traveler and Expand for the auto-bend, filter and envelope,
respectively.

MiniKorg-700

It has three ring modulators for some strange sounds and noises.
Sometimes a decent bass sound for techno music can be achieved using the
MiniKorg's hi-pass and low-pass filters. The two oscillators can be
de-tuned and they offer triangle, sawtooth and square waveforms. There
are some strange analog effects built-in as well such as portamento, a
rudimentary repeat-delay, auto-bend (bender), vibrato and Chorus and
Noise waveforms.

This limited and quirky little synth is a nice collectors item but
rarely seen or used anymore. It has relatively no performance controls
like pitch/mod, but for ancient analog technology, this synth is quite
stable and reliable. It is still quite capable of generating a very
analog bass sound, thud, thump, growl or squeal. The wood side-panels
and large primary colored knobs and sliders are a sure sign of Vintage
status. It has been used by The Cure, ComaTeens, Kitaro, Human
League, N-Trance, Vangelis, the Normal, Stevie Wonder, The
Cars and Paul Hardcastle.

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